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“This is a complete game-changer for a lot of us,” said Leslie Leavens, a fourth-generation farmer whose family grows avocados and lemons on 800 acres in Ventura Country.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Unhurriedly directed by Nick Leavens and delicately lit by Greg MacPherson, it’s a small, exhilarating ambush of a play.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2015

Curators Shelly Leavens and Jana Brevick mix new-media work with what Brevick warmly describes as "good old regular sculpture."

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2012

“Just five different blue-ribbon trout fishing rivers within a 30-minute drive,” according to Mr. Leavens, who bought a tired roadside motel a decade ago and remodeled the six cabins and built a restaurant.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

Mr. Leavens, having had much experience in the country, managed all these matters.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter